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Re:Reverse-engineering a vintage power supply chip from die ... by jaytaylor on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @02:33PM (#28225324)
Are the physical dimensions of the chip listed somewhere in the article? I'm looking but haven't yet found them.

At the beginning you say "this very small chip", and it would be cool to include the actual dimensions. This will make it possible to get a sense for the size of the features from the magnified die picture.

p.s. You write some of the best articles, I love the way you break things down and present them in an approachable way. Thank you, Ken!

Re:Reverse-engineering a vintage power supply chip from die ... by kens on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @02:43PM (#28225449)
I didn't take measurements, but I think the feature size is about 20 micrometers, which is huge compared to nanometers in modern chips.